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March/April 2015

Magna Carta: a cause for celebration?
The 'Great Charter' that King John signed in a meadow by the River Thames at Runnymede 800 years ago has gone on to influence our ideas of freedom, justice and the law. Julian Harrison

Type cast
An amazing display of Hellenistic bronze statues is going on show in Florence before travelling on to Los Angeles and Washington DC. Jens M Daehner and
Kenneth Lapatin

The pleasure of ruins
The glory of Ancient Greece is revealed during a visit to Athens and the island
of Aegina. Lucia Marchini

The body beautiful
Philosophy, politics and the laws of proportion all play their part in creating the ideal of Greek beauty. Ian Jenkins

The mysteries of the Indus civilisation
Despite over a century of excavation, the characters written on seals found in the great ruined cities of Mohenjo-daro and Harappa have still not been deciphered. Andrew Robinson

The dark secrets of the
bog bodies
Ned Kelly explains why kings and others were ritually sacrificed and buried in the peat of Ireland and elsewhere in Europe. Diana Bentley

Tucci, Tibet and thangkas
Giuseppe Tucci and the glorious Himalayan art he collected in Tibet
is being celebrated in a fascinating exhibition. Dalu Jones

Between two worlds
An investigation into t
he regalia and the role
of the shamans of the
Far North, who act as intermediaries between the spirit realm and
the world of humans. David Miles